What is osmosis?

Osmosis is the passive movement of a solvent, for example water, through a semipermeable membrane, such as one of a living cell, into a solution of higher solute concentration than the starting solute concentration. The result is usually the equalisation of solute concentrations on both sides of the membrane.

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